New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-20
THE NEWYoR YACHT CLUES CRUISE
THE CLUB PROBABLY WILL NOT VISIT HALIFAX
ANOTHER TRIAL OLE Tie TITANIA.

THE CLUB PROBABLY WILL NOT VISIT HALIFAX
ANOTHER TRIAL OF THE TITANIA.
The New-York Yacht Club met last night and fixed
"Wednesday, August 3, the day when the annual
cruise will begin The boats will rendezvous at New
London, Conn, and the owners will meet on the
flagship Electra to decide upon the POINTS TO be
visited. The invitation from the Mayor and citizens
of Halifax to extend tho cruise to that place was
referred the flag officers. IL does not seem probable
that il Will be accepted few, If any, OF the men,
bers care TO be away from New-York long time as
would be required to sail the 1000 miles from here
to Halifax and return.
G. Oliver Isen's steel sloop Titania had
another brush with w. 4. lseln's sloop Cinderella
yesterday. The two boats started from their anchor
age of New Rochelle at about l O'CLOCK the Iltanla
having aboard besides the captain and crew OF SIX
men, his wife and Colonel Delaney Kane. mere
was fair WHOLESALE breeze from the south ana tne
boats sailed by the wind u the direction OF College
Point. The tide running strongly, and the
Cinderella on account OF lighter draught was aole 10
get considerable advantage over her opponent oy
huggng the shore and thus meeting with less resist
from the water. Sic continued 20 drop the
Ttania astcrn gradually until the boats came a6ont
before the wind of College Point and theh theI
positions were changed Up TO this point both boats
had carried mainsails, topsalls, fore staysais anu
bs but when the got the Snd over the tairah tley
set their spnnakors 1t then that the new sloop
began to show what there in her. She soon had
the Cinderella abeam ana then asterD and got Dack
to ew-Rocholle a halt-mie ahead Alter lahd,hg
her passengers she sailed to City Island, where her
The new clubhouse of the Sea yanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club at No East Thirty-secondst. VIII nc
formally opened on Tuesday evening The iourth
regular meeting of the club will be held on ire opeh
ing night The constitution Will then DC iorina
" acted upon and q suggestion OF the race committee
to change the classification of schOoners for the annual
club rae on june IL will be considered IL IL pro
posed to oaeI prizes for both first and secondcinss
schoon,rs and TO make the limit OF the secondsiass
seyenty-Iye feet at The load water-line instead OF
eighty-fve feet as heretofore.
Commodore 4. Cass Garfield appointed y. Frederic
Tams fleet CAPTAIN last Monday, and Mr.. Iams issued
his FIRST general order on Wednesday. 1t reads III
this way
FLAGSHIP PRISCILLA .- !
NTw.YoRK HARBOR May 10 1887;
Tho vessels The feet will rendezvous on Stl1eetol
Staten Island at 10 o'clock a Decoration Day hou
day NAV 30 Captains VIII report aboard the naesnp h
1880 o'clock puuctualy 20 decide upon nc
other cruise. supper wall DC server
the evening" Members are regues'eh ~ Vo
present
~ '-''' j. F. TAMs FIcot Captain, g. c. y. c.
Henry G. Miner has bought the steam yacht Bessie,
and has invited number of his friends to accompany
HIM on his inst sail III her on sunday. The prlce pad
is said to be We been 81 900.
The sloop Fanny has been purchased by Frederic
r. Fisk